The Aversion Project

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The Aversion ProjectBy: Karen Malaga, Zhanna Minasyan, and Jenesis HarperThe Purpose It was designed to try and forcefully alter the sexual preferences in the homosexual male or female to become heterosexualWhoMany of the around 900 people that were tested in this experiment were young aged adults 16- 24, and mainly white males that were drafted into this armyConclusionColonel Aubrey Levin believed that sex- changes and forced abuse as forms of therapy would alter the preference of homosexuality to later become heterosexual Even after numerous studies, people still believe that homosexuality is a disease, and that it can be cured through different forms of therapy and treatment Why It Was UnethicalThe abuse and torture, physical and mental that the military used against the homosexuals was wrongThey did not take into consideration the aftermath of their testing and mutilationThe mental and physical scaring put onto the homosexuals later lead some to thoughts and actions of suicide for overall confusion The Aversion Project was an experiment conducted on homosexual men and women in the South African army during the Apartheid Era, lasting from around 1971- 1989What is the Aversion Project? Different techniques were used to torture or “cure” the troops into their forced sexuality, such as: chemical castration, electric shock, drugs, aversion shock therapy, hormone treatments, or a brutal sex- change operationWhat Happened Colonel Aubrey Levin or “Dr. Shock”, former chief psychiatrist at the Voortrekkerhoogte military hospital where most of the experiment’s abuse took place, over sought the experiment with other members of the Apartheid army and psychiatristsCitations http://archive.samj.org.za/2001%20VOL%2091%20Jan-Dec/Articles/03%20March/1.5%20THE%20AVERSION%20PROJECT%20-%20PSYCHIATRIC%20ABUSES%20IN%20THE%20SOUTH%20AFRICAN%20DEFENCE%20FORCE%20DURING%20THE%20APART.pdfhttp://www.thegully.com/essays/africa/000825sexchange.htmlhttp://listverse.com/2008/09/07/top-10-unethical-psychological-experiments/